Legal Deposit Archives
Required submission and storage of official decrees, contracts, maps, accounts, and public texts in civic repositories.
Core metadata
- ID: legal_deposit_archives
- Era: Classical
- First known date: -246 (exact)
- Region: Ptolemaic Alexandria / Library of Alexandria acquisition system
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Civic Contract Registries (civic_contract_registries)
- Library Catalogs (library_catalogs)
- Public Archives (public_archives)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Library of Alexandria (World History Encyclopedia, 2023, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: The article states that under Ptolemy III Euergetes, books were taken from ships at port, copied, and the originals housed in the library, matching the legal-deposit/archive scope. - Library of Alexandria (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: Britannica identifies the Library of Alexandria as the major Classical research library within the Alexandrian Mouseion, anchoring the institution and region.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 55%
- Prerequisite sources: 0
- weak_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Archives (public_archives) | common_dependency | 55% | weak_inference | Public Archives is contextual infrastructure or shared knowledge, not a strict hard prerequisite. | No sources recorded. |
| Civic Contract Registries (civic_contract_registries) | common_dependency | 55% | weak_inference | Civic Contract Registries is contextual infrastructure or shared knowledge, not a strict hard prerequisite. | No sources recorded. |
| Library Catalogs (library_catalogs) | common_dependency | 55% | weak_inference | Library Catalogs is contextual infrastructure or shared knowledge, not a strict hard prerequisite. | No sources recorded. |
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